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Committee discusses tribal bison hunt in YNP

Hunting bison in Yellowstone National Park is not and will not be an option for culling the park’s herd, despite a question from a longtime Bozeman-area legislator.

At a Thursday afternoon hearing before the Montana House of Representatives’ Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee, lawmakers discussed HB 108, which renews tribal hunting rights of Yellowstone-area bison that migrate outside the park boundaries in winter. Since 2005, tribal hunts have been permitted near Gardiner and West Yellowstone.

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